Number: RS22283
Title: NASA's Voyager Spacecraft: A Fact Sheet
Authors: Mark Gurevitz, Knowledge Services Group 
Abstract: Voyager 1 and 2 are identical spacecraft that were launched in 1977 with the original mission of returning data from Jupiter, Saturn, and other planets as they flew past them. Their current mission is to extend NASA's exploration of the outermost edge of the solar system and the region where the sun's influence ends. In the 29th year after their 1977 launches, they each are much farther away from Earth and the sun than Pluto.
Pages: 3
Date: September 26, 2006